The letter also argued that the decision to strike off Bawa-Garba took no account of the severe strain on hospital doctors caused by funding shortages.

Now Dr Ramesh Mehta OBE, president of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), has written to Leicestershire Police asking it to consider prosecuting the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, which runs Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba (Image: Leicestershire Police/PA Wire)

The letter states: “We believe that significant concerns have been raised and evidence referred to which justify consideration of an investigation of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust to determine if Jack Adcock’s death could require a prosecution.”

The letter states she was “covering the workload of three doctors throughout the day” Jack died and also states: “How many lives were saved by Dr Bawa-Garba that fateful day, we will perhaps never know.”

The letter accuses the GMC of losing sight and being unfair to the doctor.

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It states: “While we are keenly aware that the loss of a child to the Adcock family is unsurmountable and therefore the demand for justice is entirely understandable; there is mounting concern within our organisation as well as externally that the GMC has been swayed by the media and has therefore lost sight of the need to be fair and proportionate in this case.

“The GMC’s controversial decision that she should be erased from the register seems entirely bizarre.”

Nicola Adcock and Victor Adcock, mother and father of Jack Adcock who was killed by hospital blunders, reading a statement on the steps of Nottingham Crown Court (Image: Alex Britton/PA Wire)

Jack died of septic shock at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011, after a catalogue of mistakes, largely caused by Bawa-Garba.

She misdiagnosed his infection and mistakenly thought he was under a do-not-resuscitate order.

A spokesman for the hospital trust told the Mercury: "We understand that the police have received a letter from the BAPIO and will be discussing it with the CPS.

"We await the outcome of those discussions."

Jack’s mum, Nicky Adcock, said she wanted everyone concerned to be punished but she did not think a case against the hospital would work.

Vic and Nicky Adcock with Jack's sister Ruby

She told the Mercury: “Originally the police told me they were going for corporate manslaughter, but the threshold for conviction is too high.”

In relation to Bawa-Garba’s supporters, she said: “She made 21-plus basic mistakes in relation to Jack’s death and it’s not acceptable.

“It annoys me all these doctors jumping on the bandwagon and losing sight of the real facts.